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Old 10-30-2007, 06:02 AM
nightwood nightwood is offline
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Default Re: math 117 question

I take it you're talking bout the distance to (0,0).

d=sqrt[(x)² + (x²-6)²)] // Pythagoras
=sqrt[x² + x^4 - 12x² + 36]
=sqrt[x^4 - 11x² + 36]
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